Former Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman is speaking out after his friend, and now Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth has been seated in President Donald Trump’s cabinet, saying Hegseth is what the Department of Defense needs right now.

Confirming Hegseth despite a grave series of allegations against him appears to provide a measure of Trump's political power and ability to get what he wants from the GOP-led Congress, and of the potency of the culture wars to fuel his agenda at the White House.

President Donald Trump is heading into the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power. The president is also heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles,

That was my idea,” Norm Coleman said of Pete Hegseth’s fiery Dec. 5 message to the press, which marked a “turning point” in his nomination process. “It was my one

Every one of Hegseth’s predecessors emphasized unity and a diverse military as key to national progress and defense.

Hegseth admitted there were some big gaps in his knowledge but promised to assemble a highly competent team to achieve the goals Trump has set out for him.

Talk of tattoos, Jesus, enemies lists and a war with California mark the week before inauguration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate was set to decide as soon as Friday night whether to confirm Forest Lake native Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, bringing an end to what has been a tumultuous path to confirmation that unearthed salacious details about his past along the way.

The Senate has advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary. Thursday's vote pushed Hegseth toward confirmation, despite grave objections from Democrats and st

Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV news show host, says he will be a "change agent" and a "warrior" for the department as Republicans demand new and strong leadership in the Pentagon.

Hegseth received a bachelor's degree in political science in 2003, where he also participated in the Army ROTC and published a campus publication titled The Princeton Tory. Hegseth later attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard ...